Rupert Grint Biography

Fast Facts

• Composed and performed a hip-hop song on his audition tape for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban director Alfonso Cuaron asked the cast to write essays about their characters in order to prepare for the movie; Grint didn't write his, stating that that's what Ron Weasley would have done
• Starred in the 2006 coming-of-age film Driving Lessons with Julie Walters, who played his mother in the Harry Potter films
• Nominated for a 2006 MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with costars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson
• Used some of his earnings from the Harry Potter franchise to purchase an ice-cream truck